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Hornsey 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE B.—CAUSES OP, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE TEN YEARS 1921-1930.

TABLE B.—CAUSES OP, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE TEN YEARS 1921-1930.

CAUSES OF DEATHM.O.H. Returns, 1930.All Ages.
Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and over.All ages 1930.
Registrar-General's returns.
192919281927192619251924192319221921
All causes—Certified...........................
Uncertified...........................
1 Enteric Fever..............................0...111......1......1
2 Small-pox........................0...........................2
3 Measles...22...............4...7...8124313
4 Scarlet Fever............11......2...21......11334
5 Whooping Cough .................................0141...3821725
6 Diphtheria ...............1...3............436611266136
7 Influenza ...........................2...136516511720221447247
8 Encephalitis Lethargica........................02312321...38
9 Meningococcal Meningitis ...........................0......21.....................9
10 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System......1...10211955657605759485547607410
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases...11112171612787711131211
12 Cancer, Malignant Disease...............112707315614713418814714314613614313612
13 Rheumatic l ever........................014223324513
14 Diabetes...............316101391971391014814
15 Cerebral Hemorrhage, etc...............2228110557494360685!60546815
16 Heart Disease............35468814226318820016016314112611612216
17 Arteriosclerosis..................4333763735541604644444017
18 Bronchitis1......1...214537145485847617155657218
19 Pneumonia (all forms)42...12626367764586055646768674619
20 Other Respiratory Diseases...............12251810121016169202320
21 Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum...............1661313131297688421
22 Diarrhoea (under 2 years)73..................10223231531522
23 Appendicitis1.........1473165913669711723
24 Cirrhosis of Liver...............2215348464661124
25 Acute and Chronic Nephritis............2115244234313131253532362425
26 Puerperal Sepsis......1......10312112...26
27 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition...............5......351323253427
28 Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth26.....................2636422731262938363428
29 Suicide...............38314131063341012121129
30 Other Deaths from Violence1.........36511262530236272022222130
31 Other Defined Diseases102224134213721116117316717117017519619018531
32 Causes Ill-defined or Unknown.......................................1...1.........32
Total50116828912905631047113010001009926956938928995968